{"id":3377,"date":"2018-03-15T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2018-03-15T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:00:33","slug":"nativity-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/15\/nativity-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Nativity set"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things I’m working on while pondering which motifs to use in quilting my latest quilt has been the embroidered nativity set below (click on the photo to enlarge it, as always)<\/em>. I will be getting some tiny lights for it so that it becomes a three-part light box, but in the meantime I’ve just placed a lamp behind to give an idea of the effect.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The pieces are a combination of free-standing lace and free-standing appliqu\u00e9, all done in the hoop on my Bernina. The design comes from OESD<\/a> and is very straightforward. The appliqu\u00e9 is quite simple, consisting only of small rectangles of tulle as the background to each of the scenes. My goodness, though, does it take a lot of thread! LOL! My Bernina uses ginormous bobbins, and I think I’ve gone through at least nine in making this. The next photo shows the stitching in progress for two of the lace side pieces, perhaps giving you an idea of how heavy the thread layers must be to get the desired effect. All of the pieces must then be put together by means of precisely-placed embroidered balls and either holes or loops — all so tiny that a special tool is essential to join the parts together.<\/p>\n

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One of the things I’m working on while pondering which motifs to use in quilting my latest quilt has been the embroidered nativity set below (click on the photo to enlarge it, as always). I will be getting some tiny lights for it so that it becomes a three-part light box, but in the meantime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[301],"tags":[215,202,242,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-3377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-embroidery","8":"tag-applique-2","9":"tag-bernina","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-embroidery","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0346.jpg?fit=1280%2C358&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-St","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3276,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/16\/pumpkin-not-pie\/","url_meta":{"origin":3377,"position":0},"title":"Pumpkin — not pie ;)","author":"Sandy","date":"November 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Enchanted Pumpkin, designed by Claudia Dinnell. 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